Crafts, adventures, and all things beautiful.

What I Wore

01/20/2013

Last night Jordan and I went out for the night. We did a little light shopping, we went to Build a Bear for the little one we're expecting in the summer, and we went out to eat at Olive Garden. I ordered an entree, but I definitely filled up on the delicious endless salad and breadsticks!

I am embracing the love of comfy pants! I seem to live in leggings these days, particularly simple black.

Well, I noticed I chose the same necklace I wore last time, oops. It's shows how much I love it!

01/11/2013

I had a couple unexpected shopping dates today: my husband and my brother in law. The best part was that my brother in law was actually the one who asked me if I was up for some shopping! It was needless to ask :) We went to one store for some men's clothing, then got lunch.

Jordan and I stayed in Peoria for a couple other things; we used two gift cards for some baby items, and I changed into some walking shoes and we walked many laps upstairs and downstairs at the mall... I told him it was my prenatal exercise for the day. We surprisingly stuck to the plan and didn't venture into too many stores!

Here's what I wore: (details below)

What I wore: Bright rose & beige color-blocked top from Edge, Black maternity (!) skinnies from Oh Baby by Motherhood maternity, Leopard print heels from Nadora, Long necklace from Charlotte Russe, and a Black, white & gold hair clip from Missoni for Target.

Yes world, I'm finally wearing something actually maternity. Not that you can tell; I think that's why I love them so much... you can't tell!

01/10/2013

Jordan is off work until Saturday, so we had the time this morning to grocery shop, drop off donations and get lunch! It is a chilly day but I can't help but go sleeveless every once in a while (under a coat, of course). I'm still hiding that baby bump!

09/09/2012

We spent the weekend in Pekin with some of our close friends. Jordan's main focus was the kickoff of NFL weekends, while I was invited to go to Art in the Park with my friend Jenny! Art in the Park is a large, annual craft show held in Pekin every year. I saw it as a great opportunity to get some ideas for my upcoming craft booth; set up, common products, display, etc. Jenny and I went to the show both Saturday and Sunday. I learned some very useful things!

09/02/2012

I had a friend's bridal shower to attend today. She will be married in October. The couple is very near and dear to our hearts, because they were the ones to get Jordan and I together four years ago. It's amazing to see the love they've shared over the years. I love warm and fuzzy feelings!

08/29/2012

We had a little free time on our hands tonight, so I told him to get dressed & we went out back behind our apartment building for a little bit of a photo shoot! I figured we could also turn it into a "What I Wore" segment. We decided to do our own version of Preppy.

I'm glad we made it out early, I'm already noticing the shorter evenings. I'm going to become even more sad with each shorter day. To think we have to wait until next spring again? Sigh. Welcome to the last half of the year.

06/26/2012

Yesterday was a stressful Monday (when aren’t they?), and it started when my dreams of a long weekend died at the sound of the alarm at 6am. As the fun doesn’t have to stop as soon as the work-week starts, I decided to rekindle the weekend flame by asking Jordan out on a Monday-night date. We had a few errands to run anyways, so why not throw some adventures in the evening as well? We stopped at Target to do the few purchases we needed, one of which was a storage tub to store all of those Christmas gifts we bought over the weekend! And who can walk through Target without looking at the clothing section? Okay, Jordan would’ve been happy skipping that part, but he wasn’t so lucky. From there we headed to the mall and just enjoyed the walk around and I bought a few items of clothing. Before we headed home for the night, we ate at Monical’s, and split a large pizza as usual.

What I wore: A dress that is more special than it looks; it is from a little boutique in Armand’s Circle, Sarasota, FL. That is where Jordan and I went for our Honeymoon in April! Clog/heels, Charlotte Russe. Rose & Gold bracelet, Charlotte Russe. Copper bracelet, thrifted. Gold chain necklace, thrifted.

I received so many compliments on my dress last night! It was my first time wearing it since I tried it on at the boutique on our honeymoon. I felt beautiful. I just hope my date thought so, too! ;)

Yesterday I had much-needed good luck. I was able to leave work an hour early AND my sister Jolene and I went straight to Peoria to do some thrifting! We always have a fun time together - usually laughing more often than speaking; I love her! We tweeted (follow us @jerricajaneen & @Mahal_kita2123) and sang along to the Rock of Ages soundtrack all evening! While finding treasures at the thrift stores, I was so proud that she was even inspired to buy a few alteration projects.

We have our favorite spots, and we headed straight there. Jolene was on a mission to find a purse with character, and I wanted to dig through records. Of course we ended up mostly buying clothes for DIY projects, or maybe I'm the only one with that weakness?

Just a couple of my findings (above). A Spider record and a vintage Charlie Brown round pillow.

We ended the trip to Peoria with a stop at Taco Bell; guilty pleasure. Then, we went back to my apartment to start on some of the clothing alterations (will be posting soon!). I'm thankful for my little sister!